Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination, || Much more when he brings it in wickedness.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
In Context
26All the day desiring he has desired, || And the righteous gives and does not withhold.
28A false witness perishes, || And an attentive man speaks forever.
Cross References
1 Samuel 13:12and I say, Now the Philistines come down to me to Gilgal, and I have not appeased the face of YHWH; and I force myself, and cause the burnt-offering to ascend.”
Psalms 50:8I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, || Indeed, your burnt-offerings || [Are] continually before Me.
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to YHWH, || And the prayer of the upright [is] His delight.
Isaiah 1:11“Why the abundance of your sacrifices to Me?” says YHWH, || “I have been satiated [with] burnt-offerings of rams, || And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, || And I have not desired male goats.
Jeremiah 6:20Why [is] this to Me? Frankincense comes from Sheba, || And the sweet cane from a far-off land, || Your burnt-offerings [are] not for acceptance, || And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me.”
Amos 5:21“I have hated—I have loathed your festivals, || And I am not refreshed by your restraints.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:26-27
25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. 26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not. Here we have, 1. The miseries of the slothful, whose hands refuse to labour in an honest calling, by which they might get an honest livelihood. They are as fit for labour as other men, and business offers itself, to which they might lay their hands and apply their minds, but they will not; herein they fondly think they do well for themselves, see ch. xxvi.… Read the whole commentary →